Here's Constance with Ronald Reagan in "The Dark Dark Hours" broadcast December 12, 1954. [italic]Santa Barbara! The best bit of the video is at 1.05 onwards. I'm the person rewatching AW. All this happened before the actress won her breakout role opposite Harrison Ford in 1985 Amish thriller 'Witness' (above) and before she was cast as Charlie Blackwood, the teacher who trains . TGL. Hello and thank you for registering. It basically ended when Charles Keating was written in. They overestimated the audience interest in that topic, and underestimated audience loyalty/attachment to GL, which is probably whom they were counting on stealing viewers from. And we also got some macaroonsand a lot of sugar, too. She is believed to have died by mixing prescription pills with alcohol. Always screaming at everyone on AW. I've been down the rabbit hole of 1990 Another World episodes on YouTube all weekend. Constance Ford, an actress who appeared for 25 years in the role of Ada Hobson, an indestructably upbeat mother in the NBC daytime serial "Another World," died yesterday at New York Hospital. One bright spot I remember was having Nia Long on after with Monte involved with Bridget/Dylan and a nasty racist (but good )storyline. I hate to tell Steve but a nubile blonde 24 years his junior who was willing to fuck him is hardly going to be normal. It was to be a softer, but matriarchal Iris on Texas. She rarely worked again because she was just not that good. It was her walk. Who were the people in Constance's life? R12 Constance and Jeanne duked it out in "House of Women" (1962). Britain's most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson is set to appear before a parole board next week to see if he is fit for release. Sorry. Sam Groom was so hot. In Jan.1982 when they let Beverly Penberthy go, it was reported that the new HW, Corine Jacker, who had never written for soaps before, said she couldn't write for Pat, that she had no stories for her. Someone at P&G needed to step up and keep her; tell the writer to just sideline her and then once there's a new head writer you play Pat. Cassie's death on Y&R had major impact. She must have gotten plenty of pussy, back in the day. Were talking about lezzies and snatch and how Fulton plugged up the shitter, so YES this is the P&G thread. Jesus, Connie is awful in the clip at R231, also. Another shocking scene had Ford slapping Dee so hard that she fell into a Christmas tree, which toppled over on her. R222 Old curmudgeon Vetsoapfan will call it The Another World. Interesting movie. Homely production values. Oh no!! Sentinel Infotech Enough people have gone from soaps to much bigger things, that I'm sure that people who stayed in soaps often were bitter. Clarice is also in the scene. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods. It broke up Sharon and Nick, who then got involved with Phyllis. will not tolerate your blatant jealousy. I met Connie Ford several times. And they definitely touched on Rachel's history during all of the Vicky, Jamie, Steven mess. The three of them had to go somewhere in the winter time and got stranded. The networks didnt seem to realize it, but the ground beneath them had begun to shift in the early 70s, as women joined the workforce. Paul Rauch, in a show of support for his new HW, agreed to let her go. R33 has an old bottle of Calgon in there, too. Born on July 1, 1923 in United States of America, Constance Ford started her career as actress, model (1923-1993) . And Tom Eplin was at peak hotness. Or Eileen Fulton clogging a toilet. [quote] People claim she was reading cue cards long after AW had abandoned cue cards. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. Constance Ford. I just think by the mid-80s, tastes, viewing options, and lifestyles had changed so much compared to 10 years earlier, and any new soap would struggle to find an audience. In 1934, Constance was just 11 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. Connie Ford was not a glamour girl. And then after blowing a hole in the show by taking out its matriarch, the show failed to fill it appropriately with a new matriarch. Buchan, 44, has been married to Downton Abbey actress Amy Nuttall, 40, for more than a decade and the pair share a son. Indeed Julie was his new Lisa and we even saw Lisa take Julie under her wing. She had 8 weeks of vacation a year and never had to work 5 days a week. Constance Ford was born on the 1st of July, 1923. I'm curious how "out" Connie was. In 1969, then-20-year-old Alexis Hunter, who went by Nancy Hunter at the time, found herself dressed in a monkey suit on the set of 1970's "Bigfoot" when blonde bombshell Joi Lansing walked . View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. Ford initially worked as a model for the Montgomery Ward catalog when she was 15 years old. I learned that during my time in the trenches. . Ada is just about to announce her engagement to Charlie. Miss R44 probably means Steve spanked Rachel. That party must have been at Bev Penberthy's place, she seemed to be playing hostess. Did Rachel ever sleep with Ken Jordan of Red Swan fame? I think it all depends on what you consider GH, GL and ATWT at their best. Julianne Moore did soaps before she had a movie career. Newsflash: Show biz attracts queers! I knew it would be Lynette Rice's tired old ass that wrote that article. June Nelson. She also watched Love is a Many Splendored Thing but I don't think it lasted that long. And then I remember visiting her several years later for a couple weeks and it was DOOL, AW and Search for Tomorrow. When she was the queen of nice on her 90s daytime TV talk show, I urged the hilarious Rosie to come out and be the queen of honest. My Grandmother loved John Dixon. They did get a good story out of it. At 70 years old, Constance Ford height not available right now. The story focuses mainly on ABC gay characters. Fat soap characters: Fat Ed Bauer, Fat Bert Bauer. She was awful on Another World. I told her it was an inside joke. Just by knowing a business is named Gotham Garage, we assume that whatever they do in it must be pretty cool. Now rub the bump on your head and feel blessed that she acknowledged you. Connie always seemed to me like someone who if she really liked you and you did your work, knew your lines and the blocking and of course stayed out of her light, you would get along just fine. I am still bitter about it! People are all worked up over Locher landing JFP. Everything about Rachel goes back to being abandoned by Gerald Davis and needing to feel secure. Background I am in the minority. It was a very real scene and I wonder if it was improvised. Whos the richest Soap Opera Actress in the world. we begin to Show & Tell who they were during particular moments in their lives. I have oft complained here that its a stupid title, as storms are not secret. (Of course, looking glamorous has a great deal to do with lighting, styling + makeup, etc. Robin Strasser left the role of Rachel in 1972 while Jamie was three years old. This troll always posts in any thread related to soap operas about the Lesbians and Other Old Bags of Proctor and Gamble soaps. I'll never forget Connie playing Ada's reaction to Steve's death. She was mostly a stage actress before and after AW. McKinsey was tired of AW and planned to leave. I learned that the two had been making out at an NYC lesbian bar, so I contacted the Page Six column and we teamed up to uncork the story of their antics, with more stories to come. Nice sets, nice wardrobe and a great balance of character and plot. P&G should've moved her to SFT to play Stephanie after Marie Cheatham exited. [quote]Watching the Sharly storyline develop is so good. R200 Why dont you follow your own advice? Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. David Bartons ex, the surreally fabulous party thrower Susanne Bartsch, did two Love Balls, elaborate fashion-oriented galas benefiting AIDS charities, at Roseland in 1989 and 91. It is probably one of the more fondly remembered failed soaps. I. Constance means well in trying to preserve moral purity and white culture! a Connie was every old dyke. By Ashley Gale On 7/14/22 at 6:19 PM EDT. ", Meet the Global Glamazons of 'Queen of the Universe' Season 2. Who will walk away with the crown this time around? I cant remember what I had for dinner last week but I still vividly remember meeting Constance Ford. Fat soap names too like TGL and TYATR. It will always be THE Edge of Night for me. It keeps a show real. She was 18 and Ada looked 70. One of Connie's lovers? YOU decide for everyone who to listen to. [R33] Thank you for the beautiful picture of Constance! So if two families got the axe withing six months, they could have debuted as a 30 minute show. But she's one of those no nonsense women who expected everybody to be ready when she is, and would really lay into you if you didn't know what you were doing. She was also good friends with David O'Brien. Penberthy was not all that. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. Julie Osborn (Kathleen) looks just like Cynthia Nixon, like they could play sisters. Ford's assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors, and she was often featured in episodes of Ponds Theater (1953), Bat Masterson (1958), Rawhide (1959), Gunsmoke (1955), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Twilight Zone (1959), and other series, as tough but sensible career women. She is also well-known for appearing in nearly two dozen movies from 1956 to 1974, with her most noteworthy role being the matriarch Helen Jorgenson in A Summer Place . Did she talk about her female lovers like Louise Fitzhugh? Backstage afterward, I asked Cyndi about the Broadway musical shes writing based on Working Girl and she said its coming along; the rights have been attained. It includes young James Dean just before he became famous. Can you imagine if Connie had said to Kim Zimmer get the FUCK out of my light like Connie said to some innocent underling? ^Don't forget the aforementioned Constance Towers and all her 'Capitol' cronies: Rory Calhoun, Richard Egan, Carolyn Jones, Ed Nelson, and Julie Adams. Only one new soap created after 1980 was successful-The Bold and The Beautiful, and thats because of the time slot; the Y&R connection; and most importantly, it has the tone of a Mexican Novella , which has given it appeal overseas. She is a member of famous Actress with the age 70 years old group. I think they toyed with Ada and Jim Matthews. It also followed a shit ton of cast turnover including actresses like Sherry Stringfield, Kim Simms and La Bev leaving within weeks of each other while being involved in red hot stories. Philece was GREAT as Donna Love. I get that for many of these gay men, these soap families became their surrogate families when their own families rejected them, thus the overly emotional attachment to them. Charita, Hulswit, O'Leary, Elvera Roussell, Marsha Clark. I would have paid cash money to see Connie, put ole Mary in her place. Her first line, responding to brother Sam Lucas's inquiry, "Ada, is that you?" Back then, being gay or lesbian was not good for your career. I've often wondered if bringing Paulina on as Mac's illegitimate daughter was part of Lemay's plan or something that Swajeski thought up. The execs truly do make fun of soap fans, with good reason. I didn't realize Y&R was going to recast, if only out of deference to Jeanne. This is the latest P&G thread. My guess that was an intentional and desperate move on the part of P&G to subliminally get AW viewers to watch the show, to see them as sister shows. [quote] I was a big fan of that actress, Jane Cameron. On Saturday, Bette Midler did her own showing for the gays at the spectacular Jake Resnicow-produced WeParty, AKAPride Festivals main event at the Javits Center. Vee is in the biz you know. She did indulge in a lavender marriage to a man (while married to another guy shed wed early on), but she mainly enjoyed wild parties at her Sunset Boulevard manse with a sewing circle of other lesbians. (Photo by Nickolas Muray/Conde Nast via Getty Images), LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 07: Actor Rosie O'Donnell of 'SMILF' speaks onstage at the Showtime portion of the 2017 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour on August 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Working her way up the ladder from the script department to director, Arzner was a trailblazer who directed such 1930s female-starring vehicles as Christopher Strong, Craigs Wife, and The Bride Wore Red. I don't recall an Ada/Brian/Liz triangle. Her success on Orange Is the New Black was a long time coming, and the girlfriend stories shes told me through the years have kept me entertained even more than that. Bert Bauer would have slapped her, kicked her in the cunt and had her recast before Christmas. Grandma likes swizzling down on a pussy. Shelly Winters IS the poor mans Shelly Winters. Why isnt there more discussion about ME on this thread??? Ellen Parker was boring for all of her run at GL except at the end and it got her an Emmy. Constance Ford was born on the 1st of July, 1923. Their work, especially Lemay's, was probably as good as soap writing can get. Campion Murphy. EXCLUSIVE: Constance Wu, star of ABC's Fresh Off The Boat and Crazy Rich Asians, is moving into TV production and has struck a first-look deal . Always has been, always was, until 1977 when they changed it. I think at one point (1988, during the Eden rape storyline), they only had 12 actors on contract. Faith Alexis Ford is an American actress. She also had a memorable walk-on playing a flirtatious but bored society matron who makes a play for Warren Beatty in All Fall Down. Did Kristen Vigard mention it? Liz Foster on Y&R probably comes closest, maybe Geraldine Whitney on Edge. r389, I highly doubt Parker and Barrett are holding grudges all these years later, unlike some lunatic fans. It's a shame that Rauch/Lemay relegated her to "B" stories. Talk about scissor sisters! As much as I came to love Texas, it's early episodes were really bad. As the writers went in that direction, McKinsey grew bored and took a leave of absence. I have this picture of Connie framed and hanging in the downstairs small bathroom. One of my favorites. I have a feeling Miss Locher will go really easy on JFP. Richard Burgi dated Anne Heche while they were on AW together. Check out "A Summer Place" with Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee. she had a few day role to introduce Duke and Marland fell in love with her; said she had a job for life. The scene between Matthew and Ada after Mac died is classic, and I'm glad to use that at her memorial. Not classy. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for The Trevor Project), STUDIO CITY, CA - FEBRUARY 20: Actress Ellen Page visits 'The IMDb Show' on Feburary 20th 2018 in Studio City, California. Constances education details are not available at this time. The film was the story of a Chinese-American professor who goes to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family and finds out they are "crazy rich". P&G and NBC offered her Texas, same character, but with the promise of storylines that would allow her to showcase a greater range of her acting abilities. Barbara cried when Jennifer died, and rarely ever mentioned her daughter again. Connie was a cunt lezzy bull dyke. Someone who was crusty and cunty and who we all knew cursed like a sailor off screen. This is in addition to her Connecticut farm and LA Apartment. , money, salary, income, and assets. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. Here's a scene with Ada and Gil at the beginning. While her mother character was a total contrast to her role of Helen in A Summer Place, she was brutally tough and honest, yet supportive and loving, first as a working-class mother to Rachel and later as a mentor to many of Bay City's young characters. Constance was the mother of three children, Peter Plant (a businessman) and Gyl Roland (an actress and image consultant) and Lorinda Roland (a sculptress). Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Constance's lifetime. What I am watching is multi-generational, balanced, no one is eating the show, couples are good. I, Scoche Marin, as Katherine Chancellor on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, televisions number one daytime drama, have a reputation in the industry as the most talented, multifaceted, dynamic performer to ever appear. 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